8-string_format.md

Commands used in the Egghead.io Series Intro to Python

Lesson Eight - Format Strings in Python

Create a string in Python:

name = 'will

Create a string with single quotes in Python:

my_ball = "Will's ball"

Create a multiline string in Python:

multiline = """Will's ball
is red
and bouncy!"""

Code to escape a single quote in Python:

print("Will's ball is red")

or

print('Will\'s ball is red')

or

print("""Will's ball is red""")

Code to print tab characters in Python:

print("Will's\tball\tis\tred")

Code to use variable substitution in a string:

item = 'ball'
color = 'red'
print("Will's %s is %s." % (item, color))

Code to use variable substitution with the string format method:

item = 'ball'
color = 'red'
print("Will's {0} is {1}".format(item, color))